FACT/FLUKE: Grilli, Holliday, Simmons, Gee, Rosario
Jul 1 2013
Grilli channels his inner Eck …In our pre-season look at Jason Grilli (RHP, PIT), we concluded by saying he had the skills for short-term success. But we never would have envisioned Vintage Eck Territory:
Year IP ERA xERA Ctl Dom Cmd hr/9 G/L/F hr/f BPV ==== === ==== ==== === ==== === ==== ======== ==== === 2009 46 5.32 4.68 5.3 9.7 1.8 0.8 43/21/46 7% 42 2010 ---------------did not pitch, quad injury---------------- 2011 33 2.48 3.29 4.1 10.2 2.5 0.6 45/22/33 7% 95 2012 59 2.91 2.88 3.4 13.8 4.1 1.1 31/24/45 12% 166 2013 37 1.72 2.24 1.7 14.5 8.4 0.2 31/23/46 3% 223
The term comes from Dennis Eckersley’s prime, in which he regularly registered a BPV...
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